horror films
Fear Street: Prom Queen is the Strongest Installment Yet [Review]
Netflix’s adaptations of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps-for-grownups series Fear Street were ludicrously popular with horror fans even though there wasn’t an ounce of originality or inge...
‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ Reinvents Argentinian Horror
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (La Virgen de la Tosquera), directed by Laura Casabé, is set in the sweltering summer of 2001, following Argentina’s economic and social crisis. The story foll...
‘The Girl Next Door’ (2007) is Terrifying and Intense [Review]
The Girl Next Door (2007) is based on the Jack Ketchum novel of the same name. The film takes inspiration from a series of terrifying real-life events. Gregory Wilson directed this jarring picture. Th...
‘Into the Deep’ Is a Fantastic Showcase for Scout Taylor Compton, Even If She’s Above the Material [Review]
Scout Taylor Compton is too good for Into the Deep. The veteran horror actor commits so hard to playing one-note lead Cassidy – who’s still reeling from watching her father get eaten by ...
‘The Invisible Raptor’ Takes Itself a Little Too Seriously [Review]
With a title like The Invisible Raptor, you know what you’re getting yourself into. So why does it feel like director Mike Hermosa is holding back from going full-on, balls-to-the-wall crazy? H...
‘Sleep’ Will Be Frighteningly Familiar to New Parents [Review]
Being pregnant is horrifying enough without your partner falling apart to the extent that he’s sleepwalking, sleep-eating, and even sleep-causing-harm-to-himself-and-others. That’s the p...
Is ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Based on a True Story?
Is A Nightmare on Elm Street based on a true story? Yes, to an extent. But not entirely so. Read on as we separate fact from fiction and definitively speak to the real-life story that inspired A Night...
Mixed Bag: Why ‘Body Bags’ is a Rough Around the Edges Anthology (That’s Still Absurdly Fun)
Body Bags, is easily one of the most overlooked titles John Carpenter directed. It’s far from the classic status of Halloween or The Thing, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t warran...
6 Reasons ‘The Howling Is the Best Werewolf Movie of the 1980s
There are a lot of great werewolf movies out there, especially from the 1980s. An American Werewolf in London, Silver Bullet, Wolfen (if you want to classify that last one as a werewolf movie). But to...